Do Business With The US From Britain And You Risk Ending Up In An American Jail

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Do business with the US from Britain, and you risk ending up in an American jail.
That is not a theory or a political argument - it's a fact.
On Thursday morning, one of Britain's most successful entrepreneurs got on a plane to fly to San Francisco. When he arrived, he was imprisoned. As I write, it is not clear when he will be released.
Dr Mike Lynch is not guilty of anything, even in the US system.

He is merely accused by American prosecutors of a fraud he denies. That accusation was enough to see him extradited to the US, and to be stripped of his freedom on arrival while he awaits a trail.
Do business with the US from Britain, and you risk ending up in an American jail.

That is not a theory or a political argument - it's a fact writes DAVID DAVIS (pictured)
The same thing could happen to any other British businessperson who has even the slightest commercial connection to the States.
The extradition treaty between the US and UK negotiated by Tony Blair was sold to Parliament as a measure to deal with terrorists, murderers and paedophiles.

Instead, it is being used to pursue traders, bankers and businesspeople - alleged white collar criminals.
It means an entrepreneur who falls out with an American company - as Dr Lynch did when he sold his business to the tech firm HP - can be seized from our shores.
The Home Secretary has precious little power to resist.

But when British courts summoned Anne Sacoolas to face justice for causing the death of Harry Dunn by careless driving, they were refused.
Too often, the Treaty creates a one-way street, with Briton after Briton heading into US custody.
That has consequences for us all.
I share my Conservative colleagues' ambitions to make the UK the best place on earth to build businesses. But ask yourself why brilliant founders of new high-tech companies should look to this country when being based here carries such risks?
Dr Mike Lynch is not guilty of anything, even in the US system.

He is merely accused by American prosecutors of a fraud he denies writes Mr Davis 
Lynch has been extradited to stand trial over an alleged fraud linked to the 2011 sale of software firm Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard (file picture)
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